Township vs Locality - What's the difference?
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The territory of a town; a subdivision of a county.
An area set aside for nonwhite occupation.
A nonwhite (usually subeconomic) area attached to a city.
* 1972', ''Daily Dispatch'': "In addition, the council has completed the planning of a new Coloured '''township''' on the site of the existing African ' township "
The fact or quality of having a position in space.
* Glanvill
(p) The features or surroundings of a particular place.
The situation or position of an object.
An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
Limitation to a county, district, or place.
(dated, phrenology) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
As nouns the difference between township and locality
is that township is the territory of a town; a subdivision of a county while locality is the fact or quality of having a position in space.township
English
(wikipedia township)Noun
(en noun)Descendants
* Portuguese:Usage notes
In the U.S., the term "township" refers to a division of a county, and may include one or more towns, villages, hamlets, or small cities. It may also be an administrative district for an unincorporated rural area. The exact nature of a township, and its role in local administration, differs from state to state.References
1978: A Dictionary of South African English edited by Jean Branford. Oxford. ----locality
English
Noun
(localities)- It is thought that the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality .
- locality of trial
- (Blackstone)